Effect of asynchronous transfer on bovine embryonic development and relationship with early cycle uterine proteome profiles
A. M. Ledgard A C , M. C. Berg A , W. H. McMillan B , G. Smolenski A and A. J. Peterson A
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A AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, East Street, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
B W. M. Consultancy Ltd, PO Box 12646, Hamilton 3248, New Zealand.
C Corresponding author. Email: anita.ledgard@agresearch.co.nz
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 24(7) 962-972 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD11225
Submitted: 6 September 2011 Accepted: 3 February 2012 Published: 20 March 2012
Abstract
The uterus provides the nurturing environment that supports the growth of the early preimplantation bovine conceptus. To determine critical time points of uterine influence, in vitro-produced Day 7 blastocysts were transferred into synchronous (Day 7) uteri and asynchronous uteri (Days 5 or 9). Embryo growth was evaluated 7 and 15 days after transfer and compared with that of embryos generated by AI. Conceptuses recovered from asynchronous Day 9 transfers were fourfold larger than synchronous transfer or gestational Day 14 AI conceptuses; by 15 days after transfer, differences were less marked. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was used to compare the histotroph protein composition of uterine luminal flushings (ULF) on Days 5 and 9 after oestrous to determine any protein differences that would promote embryo growth. The ULF were collected by serially flushing the uteri of the same heifers and mature cows at different times of the cycle. Ten proteins that differed in abundance between Day 5 and 9 were identified by mass spectrometry. Three, namely phosphoserine aminotransferase 1, purine nucleoside phosphorylase and aldose reductase, were verified by western blot analysis as more abundant on Day 9 (P < 0.002). Myostatin was present in only in Day 9 ULF, whereas tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP2) and legumain were only detected in Day 14 ULF. Although mature cows had lower progesterone concentrations on Days 5 and 14 (P < 0.05) and tended to have less TIMP2 than heifer groups, no other protein differences were detected. Thus, the embryo growth-enhancing environment on Day 9 was associated with temporal changes in the expression of several proteins of the histotroph.
Additional keywords: aldose reductase, endometrium, myostatin, phosphoserine aminotransferase 1, purine nucleoside phosphorylase, trophoblast.
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